Installing Samba on Ubuntu
What is samba?
Samba is an easy way to share files over Linux And Windows environment. Samba is presented by samba.org and is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.
Installing Samba.
lets update first the repositories.
open a terminal and type the following :
sudo apt-get update
now install samba
sudo apt-get install samba
now lets edit the configuration file of samba, but before that lets backup the initial configuration file.
cd /etc/samba/
sudo mv smb.conf backsmb.conf
Setup public folder:
First we will create the configuration for a share folder accessible from everyone without any user need it
sudo nano smb.conf
for that add the following to this file:
#
workgroup = Workgroup
server string = My Samba Share %v
security = user
map to guest = bad user
dns proxy = no
#
comment = This is a folder accessible from everyone
path = /sharefolder
browsable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no
create mask = 0755
next we need to create the directory that will host the share folder and change the user permissions
sudo mkdir /sharefolder
sudo chown -R nobody:nogroup /sharefolder/
sudo chmod 755 /sharefolder/
now lets restart the samba server
sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart
Normally at that point you should be able to access this share folder from Linux or Windows without any user credentials
NOTE!!! in older versions of samba in order to restart samba server you need to run “sudo /etc/init.d/smbd restart”
Setup Private Folder:
Next lets create a private folder only for Unix users
lets first create the a user named smbuser:
sudo useradd smbuser
lets create a password for smbuser that will be used for accessing the samba share
sudo smbpasswd -a smbuser
now the directory for that user:
sudo mkdir /smbuserdir
sudo chown -R smbuser /smbuserdir/
sudo chmod 755 /smbuserdir/
edit the samba config again:
sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
add the following:
#
comment = This is a folder accessible from smbuser
path = /smbuserdir
browsable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = no
create mask = 0755
now restart samba deamon
sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart
In order to access the share folder you need to use for username: “smbuser” and for password the password you create when you add the user.
Have Fun!
A video Tutorial is coming soon!
